Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
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a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis,
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Born
21 March 1768 Auxerre, Burgundy, Kingdom of France (now in Yonne, France )
Died
16 May 1830 (aged 62) Paris, Kingdom of France
Nationality
French
Known for
(see list) Fourier number Fourier series Fourier transform Fourier's law of conduction Fourier–Motzkin elimination Greenhouse effect
Fields
Mathematician, physicist, historian
Alma mater
École Normale Supérieure
Institutions
École Normale Supérieure École Polytechnique
Academic advisors
Jean-Baptiste Biot Joseph-Louis Lagrange
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Notable students
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet Claude-Louis Navier Giovanni Plana